PSU Community Review Index [congratz spyrde!]

SO this is the plan so far: there will be a new section of the forums opened SPECIFICALLY for reviews. There will be two stickied threads in that section. This one, the review index and contributor ranks page which will be locked and updated by yours truly, and another one for ALL discussion regarding the user reviews. All other threads will be the reviews that are written. This is all subject to discussion and change. So, have a look at the page so far and leave your feedback.

VERSION 1: spyrde

Because you can never have too many opinions when trying to decide on your next game purchase, we here at PSU are banding together to give our gaming brothers and sisters a source of honest opinions on games of yesterday and today.

Welcome! Allow me to give you a quick tour. You are now at the Community Reviews contents page. Here you will find links to all of the submitted reviews. Also on this page is the ranking system for reviewers.

Reviewer Ranks.Those who take the time and effort to submit to our archive will get their review linked here to live on forever before our eyes even when the thread its self has sunk deep into the obscurity of the old and redundant thread cemetery. Not only that, but by such action they will embark on a journey of completely meaningless PSU e-peen $#@!ery as they sink down the Community Review Rank System to the depths of badassness...How deep will you go?

Because you can never have too many opinions when trying to decide on your next game purchase, we here at PSU are banding together to give our gaming brothers and sisters a source of honest opinions on games of yesterday and today.

Welcome!Allow me to give you a quick tour. You are now at the Community Reviews contents page. Here you will find links to all of the submitted reviews. Also on this page is the ranking system for reviewers.

You can find all related discussion and banter at the PSU Community Reviews Feedback, Questions & Discussion thread.

Feel free to ask the reviewer questions in their review thread.

Reviewer Ranks.Those who take the time and effort to submit to our archive will get their review linked here to live on forever before our eyes even when the thread its self has sunk deep into the obscurity of the old and redundant thread cemetery. Not only that, but by such action they will embark on a journey of completely meaningless PSU e-peen $#@!ery as they sink down the Community Review Rank System to the depths of badassness...How deep will you go?

We've really needed something like this for quite awhile. I know this isn't the correct page to post questions, but seeing as the question thread does not exist, I have a few questions to start:
Will reviews written prior to this point be counted? Users like Lethal_NFS have contributed a number of reviews to the site over the years. Will those reviews count towards his rank, or are we all starting tabula rasa?
Will there be an incentive structure? The ranks are a nice touch, and will undoubtedly drive some people to write many high-quality reviews. However, it would be beneficial if some sort of incentive structure was created, as it would surely draw more people in. Even the smallest incentives would increase participation.

Can more than one review on the same game be submitted? A handful of games (i.e. Call of Duty: Black Ops II) will naturally get plenty of reviews from our users. How will we organize this? Will all the reviews be in the main forum, or will there be some way of selecting the 'best' review and placing the others elsewhere?
When will the User Review Index go into full-gear?

Will reviews written prior to this point be counted? Users like Lethal_NFS have contributed a number of reviews to the site over the years. Will those reviews count towards his rank, or are we all starting tabula rasa?

People who have taken the time in the past to write reviews should have those counted. They can be modified with the +/- points and final score. If possible, it would be ideal if they could be tweaked a bit to fit the new formula, but this is entirely up to the discretion of the author.
Will there be an incentive structure? The ranks are a nice touch, and will undoubtedly drive some people to write many high-quality reviews. However, it would be beneficial if some sort of incentive structure was created, as it would surely draw more people in. Even the smallest incentives would increase participation.

The issue of incentives is tricky...On the cheap ass side, I pondered special sigs that could be 'unlocked' as people rank (if they rank up lol). The idea of custom icons also came to mind. This is something that could be done for SOTW, or SOTM perhaps as well. I'll bring it up with the editors, see what more tangible rewards are possibly floating about.

Can more than one review on the same game be submitted? A handful of games (i.e. Call of Duty: Black Ops II) will naturally get plenty of reviews from our users. How will we organize this? Will all the reviews be in the main forum, or will there be some way of selecting the 'best' review and placing the others elsewhere?
All the reviews will be organised by platform, then alphabetically. Having 10 Blops 2 reviews is absolutely no problem. The page is effectively just a table of contents of the subforum.

When will the User Review Index go into full-gear?

I just have to ask one of the admins to create a new subforum. Then I'll create the stickies and have it opened to the forum. I am just waiting to see what other DS submissions come in...but these can be changed later. I want to have it live by the end of the weekend.

So each review obviously goes in its own thread, I assume the writers create those themselves, but after contacting you and getting it listed? Or would we contact you after the thread is made so you can link it to the big thread

So each review obviously goes in its own thread, I assume the writers create those themselves, but after contacting you and getting it listed? Or would we contact you after the thread is made so you can link it to the big thread

Ja each review to its own thread. I will keep an eye on the forum and update the list as new reviews are added. Well, if people want to send me a PM with a link when they post it, that'd be nice.

The issue of incentives is tricky...On the cheap ass side, I pondered special sigs that could be 'unlocked' as people rank (if they rank up lol). The idea of custom icons also came to mind. This is something that could be done for SOTW, or SOTM perhaps as well. I'll bring it up with the editors, see what more tangible rewards are possibly floating about.

We could create usergroups for each of the ranks, and each usergroup would have access to certain items in the shop, such as icons, signatures, avatars, or something else.

And of course, we could hand out SP for each submitted review. Perhaps 500 or 1,000 SP.

Also would it be a horrible thing if I did a review for a PS2 or original Xbox game? There would be like 1 under that category I have plenty to review, so its no issue ><

lol Maybe we need a retro banner? I have nothing against retro game reviews, just need to handle it in a way that appeases my O.C.D demon...it whsipers in my ear, "if this $#@! doesn't look flawless, logical and awesome, I'm going to rape your brain ghostie"

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